This is a list of cases reported in volume 212 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1909.

Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 212 U.S.

The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices). Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 212 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

Portrait Justice Office Home State Succeeded Date confirmed by the Senate(Vote) Tenure on Supreme Court Melville Fuller Chief Justice Illinois Morrison Waite (41–20) –July 4, 1910(Died) John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Kentucky David Davis (Acclamation) –October 14, 1911(Died) David Josiah Brewer Associate Justice Kansas Stanley Matthews (53–11) –March 28, 1910(Died) Edward Douglass White Associate Justice Louisiana Samuel Blatchford (Acclamation) –December 18, 1910(Continued as chief justice) Rufus W. Peckham Associate Justice New York Howell Edmunds Jackson (Acclamation) –October 24, 1909(Died) Joseph McKenna Associate Justice California Stephen Johnson Field (Acclamation) –January 5, 1925(Retired) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Massachusetts Horace Gray (Acclamation) –January 12, 1932(Retired) William R. Day Associate Justice Ohio George Shiras Jr. (Acclamation) –November 13, 1922(Retired) William Henry Moody Associate Justice Massachusetts Henry Billings Brown (Acclamation) –November 20, 1910(Retired)

Citation style

Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions. "# Cir." = United States Court of Appeals e.g., "3d Cir." = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "C.C.D." = United States Circuit Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"C.C.D.N.J." = United States Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey "D." = United States District Court for the District of . . . e.g.,"D. Mass." = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts "E." = Eastern; "M." = Middle; "N." = Northern; "S." = Southern; "W." = Western e.g.,"C.C.S.D.N.Y." = United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York e.g.,"M.D. Ala." = United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama "Ct. Cl." = United States Court of Claims The abbreviation of a state's name alone indicates the highest appellate court in that state's judiciary at the time. e.g.,"Pa." = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania e.g.,"Me." = Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

List of cases in volume 212 U.S.

Case Name Page and year Opinion of the Court Concurring opinion(s) Dissenting opinion(s) Lower Court Disposition City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Company 1 (1909) Moody none none C.C.E.D. Tenn. reversed Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Company 19 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Rakes v. United States 55 (1909) Fuller none none W.D. Va. dismissed Presidio County v. Noel Young Bond and Stock Company 58 (1909) Harlan none none 5th Cir. affirmed Moyer v. Peabody 78 (1909) Holmes none none C.C.D. Colo. affirmed Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Texas I 86 (1909) Day none none Tex. Civ. App. affirmed Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Texas II 112 (1909) Day none none Tex. Civ. App. dismissed Palmer v. Texas 118 (1909) Day none none 5th Cir. affirmed Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Central Stock Yards Company 132 (1909) Holmes none McKenna Ky. reversed Ontario Land Company v. Yordy 152 (1909) Brewer none none Wash. affirmed Waters Pierce Oil Company v. Deselms 159 (1909) White none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed Crawford v. United States 183 (1909) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. reversed Spreckels v. Brown 208 (1909) Holmes none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Haw. affirmed Standard Oil Company v. Anderson 215 (1909) Moody none none 2d Cir. affirmed Continental Wall Paper Company v. L. Voight and Sons Company 227 (1909) Harlan none Holmes; Brewer 6th Cir. affirmed United States v. Marvin 275 (1909) per curiam none none Ct. Cl. affirmed Thomas v. Texas 278 (1909) Fuller none none Tex. Crim. App. affirmed Johnson v. Mueser 283 (1909) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed E.C. Atkins and Company v. Moore 285 (1909) Fuller none none D.C. Cir. dismissed - style="background: white" colspan=7 A court of appeals decision regarding trademark registration affirming the Commissioner of Patent's decision, and directing the clerk to certify its opinion to the Commissioner, is not final and appealable to the Supreme Court. Laurel Oil and Gas Company v. Morrison 291 (1909) Fuller none none 8th Cir. dismissed Juragua Iron Company v. United States 297 (1909) Harlan none none Ct. Cl. affirmed American Express Company v. Mullins 311 (1909) Brewer none none Ky. Cir. Ct. reversed Nielsen v. Oregon 315 (1909) Brewer none none Or. reversed Hammond Packing Company v. Arkansas 322 (1909) White none none Ark. affirmed The Folmina 354 (1909) White none none 2d Cir. certification Fritzlen v. Boatmen's Bank 364 (1909) White none none Kan. affirmed In re Dunn 374 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.N.D. Tex. mandamus denied Bradford v. Morrison 389 (1909) Peckham none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Ariz. affirmed Harten v. Löffler 397 (1909) Peckham none none D.C. Cir. affirmed North Shore Boom and Driving Company v. Nicomen Boom Company 406 (1909) Peckham none none Wash. dismissed Louisiana Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company 414 (1909) Peckham none none C.C.E.D. La. reversed McDaniel v. Traylor 428 (1909) McKenna none none C.C.E.D. Ark. affirmed Greenameyer v. Coate 434 (1909) McKenna none none Sup. Ct. Terr. Okla. affirmed Grant Shoe Company v. W.M. Laird Company 445 (1909) Holmes none none W.D.N.Y. affirmed Cariño v. Philippines 449 (1909) Holmes none none Phil. reversed Santos v. Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church 463 (1909) Holmes none none Phil. affirmed The Eugene F. Moran 466 (1909) Holmes none none 2d Cir. certification Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Company 477 (1909) Holmes none none 2d Cir. dismissed New York Central Railroad Company v. United States I 481 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed New York Central Railroad Company v. United States II 500 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. affirmed United States v. New York Central Railroad Company 509 (1909) Day none none C.C.S.D.N.Y. reversed Mullan v. United States 516 (1909) Day none none Ct. Cl. affirmed American Express Company v. United States 522 (1909) Day none none C.C.N.D. Ill. affirmed Texas and Pacific Railroad Company v. Bourman 536 (1909) Moody none none 5th Cir. reversed Toy Toy v. Hopkins 542 (1909) Fuller none none C.C.W.D. Wash. affirmed

Notes and references

See also Certificate of division

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